Anchor



June 39, w25.

c. E. ALLEN ANCHOR ilednec. 24. 1924 14 Z 1615A I?? l@ Iva/E Patentedlitt, 19255..

intein CLAUDE B13131711? JLEN, 0F MGNCTON, NEW BRNSWCK, CANAB..

ANCI-IOR.

Application led Eecember To all whom t may concern.'

Be it lrnown that l, CLAUDE EDWIN ALLEN, a subject of the King 'o1uGreat Britain, and resident of Moncton, in the Province of N ewBrunswick and Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Anchors, of which the following is a specilication.

This invention relates to improvements in anchors and the objects oi'the invention are to provide a collapsible anchor adapted to fold iat.and to consequently occupy much less space when not in use.

Further objects are vthe provision of an anchor ol' this descriptionprovided with a ring adapted to slide freely from end to end of the armso that the anchor will grip securely no matter how it is thrown out.

Further objects are the provision of an anchor which will not 'foul andwhich, no

Vmatter how entangled the rope may become,

cannot let go. Furthermore, being provided with a fluke in each end,should the boat twist around so as to twist the rope around one end, theother fluke will talre hold.

A still further object is the provision of an anchorl which can beeasily raised even when embedded in hard brick clay. Wfth an ordinaryanchor some diiiiculty is often encountered when attempting to raise itwhile with my improved anchor the boa-t may be steered in the oppositedirection and as the ring will slide to the other end of the arm theanchor will be raised without diliiculty as the embedded fiuke will comeout in the same direction as it went in, making it unnecessary to tearits way through.

`YWit-h the `forego-ing and other objects, hereinafter more Yfullydescribed, the invention consists essentially of a collapsible anchorcomprising a central cylindrical portion having iixedly secured thereinat one end an anchor member and slidably secured therein, at the otherend, a second anchoring member and means for retaining it in positionwhen adjusted.

Referring now to the drawings in which like characters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in each gure.

Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved anchor with one anchoring memberat right angles to the other.

Figure 2 is a similar view showing both anchoring members in'parallelalignment.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal section.

24, 1924. Serial No. 757,850.

.Figure 4 is a section on line 2 2 oi Figure 3.

ln the drawings, A designates an example of. my improved anchor as awhole comprising a tubular member 10 having integral therewith ananchoring member 11 01' well known construction and formed with thefiukes 12 and 13. 14 is a second and separate anchoring means adapted toit into and to slidably engage with the other end of the tubular member10. To prevent the anchoring member 111 from becoming disengaged withthe tubular member I provide in the tubular member a curved slot 15adapted to engage with a pin 16 carried by the stem 17 of the memberlll, while between the end of the stem 17 and the end of the tubularmember 10 is arranged. a spiral spring 18 designed to automaticallyretain the member 14C in an outwardly extending position. Adapted totravel between the two anchoring members, on the member 10, is a ring 19to which is attached a. link 2O to which the cable is attached toconnect the latter with the boat. 22 is an orilice to allow forlubrication of the interior of the tubular member 10 and the spring 18.

From the foregoing it will be seen that when the anchor as a whole isshipped, the member 14 can be moved inwardly, the pin 16 engaging with arecess 21 in the top of a slot 15 permitting the anchor as a. whole tolie fiat as shown in Figure 1.

Furthermore as designed the adjustable anchoring member 14, before beingthrown, can be set at right angles to the lixed anchoring member 13 sothat no mattei' what way the anchor is thrown it will grip, as shown inFigure 1. 23 is the hole for removing pin 16 when taking the anchorapart.

As many changes could be made in the above construct-ion and manyapparently widely dilerent embodiments of my invention, within the scopeof the claims, constructed without departing from the spirit or scopethereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the accompanyingspecification and drawings shall be .interpreted as illustrativeand notin a limiting sense.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A collapsible anchor comprising a tubular arm formed with ananchoring member at one en'd and adapted to slidably engage with aturnable anchoring member at the other end.

2. The device as claimed in claim l, in Which spring actuating means arearranged in the tubular arm for the turnable anchoring member.

3. The device as claimed in claim l, in which the tubular member isprovided with a slot having,` a recess therein to engage with a pincarried by the adjustable anchoring tion, a ring adapted to travel onsaid shank between the anchoring members and a link connecting the ringwith a cable. Y

5. A double anchor formed With a fixed anchoring head and a springactuated ad just-able anchoring head and means for retaining theadjustable head in adjusted position and a ring member adapted to travelbetween said heads.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand inthe presence of twoWitnesses.

CLAUDE EDVIN ALLEN.

